that's america. my parents and grandparents instilled in me the midwestern values, the same values that you pass on to your children -- family and faith, humility and hardwork. and they taught me to live with honor and courage and to never, never stop fighting for what i believe in. every one of you in this room, when you think of courage and you have to take that one big step or do something that you're afraid to do, you always think of something -- someone in your family, someone you knew in your life. for me, i always think my grandpa down there in those mines and back then it was so dangerous. they would hear the whistle and everyone would run to the mine because they didn't know who was killed or hurt that day. my grandpa worked in the mines a long time. a few years ago, i met a guy at a little restaurant up there in elie. he told me he came running up to me and said his dad worked with my grandpa and then he got promoted as foreman. all of them had to radio down when the guys went to a new and